Container with pouring spout and composite blank for making same



1954 A. J. IRVING CONTAINER WITH POURING SPOUT AND COMPOSITE BLANK FOR MAKING SAME Flled Aprll 7, 1950 INVENTOR.

W J/wmvy' BY 00 ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 9, 1954 UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

GQNT-AINER. WIT-H .POURING SHOUT AND COMBOSI'IE BLANK FOR {SAME Albert J. -Irvingf, Brewster, Y., assig-nor to iPermank Company, Inc., New York, N. Y'., :a

.curporationof NewiYork Application April-17., 95 ,.Serial1No. 1154, 194

(Cl. sac-c541 5' Claims. 1

"This, invention relates to containers and more particularly to packages of the type adapted for use in packaging and dispensing arden seeds. powders. and similar commodities.

One of the objects of the present invention is toprov'ide av package of theabove type having a dispensing or pouring spout combinedtherewith in a novel manner.

.Another object of the invention is to, proyide a package which is novelly equipped with a pouring spout. or trough so as to make it possible for the user to exercise better control over the flow of, .a commodity, such as garden seeds for example, from the package, thereby making it easier toe'fiectaccurate Sowin of seeds.

Still another o'bjectis to provide means noyelly combined with an .envelopeior seeds or the like which will .function tov hold the opened end of the envelope in opened position so as tov'facili tate the proper flow of the contents therefrom.

A further object is to.,provide,.suc'h .a package which may be readily and inexpensively fabricated froma .minimumnumber of parts, and which may :be easily and readily DPBnefi-jfor .dispensing the contents.

The .above .and .turther objects and novel features, of the invention will .more. fully appear from .the :following detail description when the same is read connection with the accompany in-g drawings.

of .-.il-lustration only and (are .not intended as :a definition of the limits of the invention.

:In the-drawings, wherein like rejerence-chan. acters-.-refer to like parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 a development of a composite blank from which one form of package embodying the invention may be constructed;

Fig. 2 is airontelevation-viewshowing a completed package made from the blank of Fig. 1 and Fig. 13 shows the package and .pouring spout opened .for dispensing the contents.

'iTheSingle embodiment of the invention .illustrated..in .the drawings, by way oi examp1e,..inlu'des an envelope type of package made 'from a single folded blank of material and adapted for use in packaging seeds, powdered and granular products, and the like. In the interest of brevity, the package will be hereinafter described, but not by way of limitation, as a seed envelope, this being one practical use to which the invention has been put.

In the exemplary form shown in Fig. 1, the

It is to be expressl understood, however, that the drawingsv are for the purpose novel composite blank from which the package of the invention maybe constructed, and which constitutes a part ofthe invention, comprises a sheet or blank Hito which is secured a small patch or piece of sheet material H. Blank; It may be'made of paper, cellophane, or othercomparable, similar or equivalent sheet; materials which are flexible-and foldable. The major por tion of said blank is divided approximately in half by .a fold or score line i2 along which the blank may be folded to form one edge of the package and the two faces or sides M and; 15' thereof; Two, end flaps 16, H and a side flap l'3 are provided for closing the ends and the edge of the package opposite fold l2. These flaps and/or the surfaces ofxsides M 11.5 engageable therebymaybe coated with any suitable adhesive which may be of any suitable known type, .such as heat activated, solvent activated, pressure sensitive, etc. Thejlines "I 9,20; and 2]; along which the aps. are to e i 'd' d mayb cor d fac l tate fo d ng if this s. n ary o des rable- .Jlhe thin patch or piece I I which. is to constitute the nov l; p ring spou or. ip. o the e temiilatedpackaee, issecu cd o blank 1c astri e the foldline, 12-. Fo a purpose which wil hereinaiiter appear, one. end of patch .l! is, tapered or rounded fromeach side edge .thereoi towardthemiddleiorvrer line l2. .Saidtaperedorrounded end preferably terminates adiacent the, upper edged .the portion of blank 1B. whichmakes up theside iaces 44 1,5,. The'patch M is preferably, thonghnotnecessarily, madeof clear or transparent sheet plastic material-, .of; which there are many kinds available, or comparable-{or equivalent material having "a stiffnessandability to :hold its. shape whi h x e d the. 2on sioomling properties of the blank glfi, 4A vinyl type plasticrhasbcen iocnd. verysui-table. blan m :and :iil may :be secured together by :a suitable. adhesive .or if itheznature of ithfi materials. used permit it, the :same :may be secured together abythesapplicatiom ofaheatand :pressure :orany. other known method of sealing.

In'orderuto make -it easy to-open the package i-n-a desired-manner-relative to theepouring spout or lip and to thus induce proper use of the package by the experienced and inexperienced alike, blank I0 is preferably scored or perforated to provide a tear line 22. As shown, this line extends across fold lines I2 and 2| adjacent the upper edge of blank I!) and is also preferably straddled by spout member H. It is also preferred that only that portion of member I I which extends below the tear line, as viewed in Fig. 1,

be secured to the side forming portions l4, I5 of blank Hi.

In order to form the container or package from the composite blank 19, ll described above, the same is folded along fold line i 2 to form the two opposed sides or faces !4, I5 of the container. Side flap I9 and bottom flap It or top flap II are then folded over along lines 2| and I9 or 20, respectively, and adhesively secured to side or face M in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2. After the contents have been inserted, the unsealed top or bottom flange, as the case may be, is folded into engagement with side 14, thereby completing the package with the pouring spout as an integral and protected part thereof.

When it is desired to use the contents, such as garden seeds, the end of the package is torn off at the tear line 22. This leaves a portion of the folded member ll projecting from the opened end of the package to form a relatively rigid pouring spout as seen in Fig. 3. The plastic or similar material from which the spout is made may be such that the sides of the spout will tend to spring apart and thereby hold the end edges of the package in separated or open position to insure an adequate trough for the easy and uniform flow of the seeds or other commodity. If the sides of the pouring spout do not separate automatically when the tip end of the package is torn off, the user may spread the sides of the spout with his finger and they will remain in that position during use. Inasmuch as the spout extends outside the container the seeds or other commodity being dispensed come into the View of the user before falling out of the spout so that he can exercise better control of the flow thereof. The sheet material from which the member H is made should be sufficiently thin to avoid any appreciable interference with the flow of the seeds from the envelope into the pouring spout.

There is thus provided a novel package having a self-contained pouring spout making the same especially adapted for use in packaging and dispensing garden seeds, and like commodities. A package is provided from which seeds, for example, may be readily and easily dispensed uniformly and freely, the pouring spout being so located as to afiord efficient control of the flow by the user. Additionally, the construction is such that the pouring spout, although mounted in position for immediate use upon opening of the package, is completely enclosed and concealed so as not to interfere with the handling, boxing and storing of the packages before or after a commodity is placed therein. The important advantages of a pouring spout are thus attained at very small cost in an inexpensive, expendable container.

Although only a limited number of embodiments of the invention are herein described and suggested, it is to be expressly understood that the invention is not limited thereto. For example, the tear line 22 need not extend entirely across the end of the package but may be so directed as to induce the user to open only a corner of the package around the projecting end of the pouring trough. Various changes may also be made in the specific shapes and sizes of 'the sides of the trough and beyond the upper the parts as well as in the materials sug ested without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as it will now be understood by those skilled in the art.

What is claimed is:

1. An ,article of the class described comprising a substantially flat two-sided package made from a single blank of flexible material, such as paper, and having a periphery consisting of four edges each consisting of a single fold, and a V- shaped pouring trough within said package at one corner thereof, the bottom edge of the trough being adjacent one edge fold of the package and the side faces of said package being scored to provide a tear line across said one edge fold and edges of said trough, the sides of the latter being adhesively secured to the inner surfaces of the side faces of the package at one side only of said tear line.

2. A composite blank for making a package comprising a sheet of foldable material, such as. paper, having a major portion thereof foldable along a single fold line to form opposite sides of a substantially fiat package and flaps on three edges each secured to one of said sides and foldable into overlapping relation with the other of said sides, and a patch of bendable sheet ma terial overlying only a comparatively small area of the sheet astradle said fold line and secured to said sheet adjacent one edge thereof, said sheet being scored to provide a tear line extending across said fold line and across and beyond opposite edges of said patch, the latter being secured to said sheet only on the side of said tear line remote from the adjacent edge of said sheet. 7

3. A composite blank as defined in claim 2 wherein said patch is made of semi-rigid plastic material.

4. A composite blank as defined in claim 2 embodying one side flap and two end flaps.

5. An article of manufacture comprising a substantially flat, two-sided rectangular package of flexible sheet material, the peripheral edges of said package being formed by folds in saidsheet material, and a dispensing spout mounted within said package, said spout consisting solely of a semi-rigid blank of sheet material having a single fold therein adjacent to and internally of a peripheral edge fold of said package, one; end of the fold in said blank being at one corner of the package, the sides of said spout being adhesively secured to the sides of said package and the length and width of said spout being small in comparison to the corresponding dimensions of the package.

ALBERT J. IRVING.

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